..Our data support the hypothesis that the increased serum nicotine and cotinine levels observed are attributable to an increased nicotine intake per cigarette in smokers with schizophrenia as compared to those without mental illness...

The integration of tobacco dependence treatment and tobacco-free standards into residential addictions treatment in New Jersey

Jill M WilliamsTobacco Dependence Program, School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USAJ Subst Abuse Treat 28:331-40. 2005

..Licensure standards regulation can be an effective mechanism for increasing the quantity and quality of tobacco dependence treatment in residential addictions programs...

Applicability of the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence in smokers with schizophrenia

..Specific examples of problematic items and how these may contribute to an underestimate of tobacco dependence severity are discussed, as well as ways to modify the FTND to be more appropriate for this population...

A case series of nicotine nasal spray in the treatment of tobacco dependence among patients with schizophrenia

Jill M WilliamsDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855, USAPsychiatr Serv 55:1064-6. 2004

..Ten patients (83 percent) used the spray in combination with other medications, and all received psychosocial support. Nicotine nasal spray was found to be well tolerated...

Motivational interviewing with personalized feedback: a brief intervention for motivating smokers with schizophrenia to seek treatment for tobacco dependence

..This article identifies gaps in extant tobacco literature and areas for further research on Asian American adolescents...

Using information technology to evaluate the detection of co-occurring substance use disorders amongst patients in a state mental health system: implications for co-occurring disorder state initiatives

..0%) and among female (43.7%), older (36.2%), and psychotic patients (43.6%). The methodology described here could help evaluate critical aspects of ongoing state co-occurring disorder quality improvement initiatives...

Improving the care of individuals with schizophrenia and substance use disorders: consensus recommendations

..g., frequency of injections required) before they can become widely used and successful therapies. The best hope of improved treatment comes from combining existing and new pharmacotherapies with effective behavioural therapy...

Smoking stage of change and interest in an emergency department-based intervention